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Alumni Award '24: Kim Baker, in memoriam

Jul 9, 2024

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     The Alumni Award for 2024 is in memoriam, given to Kim Baker, who passed away in 2017. 

Kim was a student at Christian Encounter from 1985-86. After leaving the Ranch, Kim returned home to Huntington Beach, CA, and finished high school. She continued her studies at Hope International University, and graduated from Cal State, Fullerton in ‘91 where she studied Music Education and Mathematics. She worked at a school for five years and then as the Assistant Credit Manager for a manufacturing firm in Fullerton, CA. All the while Kim worked with high school girls in her local church.

In April of 2010, Kim’s missionary dreams became a reality. She joined MAF, Mission Aviation Fellowship, as the finance manager in Maseru, Lesotho. Kim worked with MAF for 14 years. 

     In November 2015, Kim adopted Wyleigh from an orphanage in Lesotho. They had a couple of sweet years together before Kim’s cancer diagnosis in 2017. She passed away that same year. Kim was singing worship songs with friends who visited her hospital bed up until her final days. 

Jul 9, 2024

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